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Updated November 9th, 2023
PERSONAL AND EARLY YEARS
Taysom Hill is the youngest of four children. He was named after Taysom Construction Company, formerly located in his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. At Highland High School he lettered in Football, Basketball, and Track. As a Senior he was named All-Idaho Player of The Year, Idaho Gatorade High School Player of The Year, First Team All-State selection, and All-Region and All-Conference Player of The Year Accolades in Football. In Track he competed in the 200 Meters and the Long Jump. As a Sophomore in 2007 he recorded a personal best time of 22.5 seconds in the 200 Meters. As a Senior, he won the Long Jump event at the 2009 5A Regional Meet, with a mark of 6.85 Meters ( 22 feet, 5 11/16 inches). He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and served as a missionary for the church in Sydney, Australia from 2009 until 2011. Originally committed to play for then Head Coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, after returning from his LDS church mission Taysom enrolled at BYU as a Freshman in 2012. During his College career at BYU, Taysom had 4 Season Ending Injuries, including a Knee Injury, a Fractured Leg, a Lisfranc Fracture, and a Hyper-Extended elbow. He was granted a medical redshirt and therefore was allowed to play 5 years of College Football. For his final season in 2016, Hill changed his jersey number from 4 to 7 to honor his late older brother, Dexter, who passed away in the spring of that year. He married his wife Emily in 2014 and they currently have two children.
PROFESSIONAL
Taysom Hill was signed by the Green Bay Packers as a 27 year old rookie undrafted free agent QB out of BYU in 2017. Hill was not invited to attend the NFL combine due to his age and oft injured college career. At his Pro Day at BYU Hill measured in at 6' 2" tall and weighed in at 230 pounds. He ran a 4.44 forty-yard dash, blistering for a man of his build. The Packers waived him on the final cut down and the New Orleans Saints claimed him off of waivers and added him to the practice squad. Hill was promoted to the active roster later that year on December 3rd, 2017. He only appeared in games that year on special teams. Hill has since played multiple positions on special teams as listed below. On offense he has played every position except offensive lineman. He has lined up as QB, FB, RB, TE, and WR. As a WR and as a TE he has lined up in the slot, out wide, in tight, and has been put in motion prior to the snap. He has been used as a blocker and not only is he willing but he has been effective doing so. He has been used as a Wildcat QB. He has started as a traditional QB as well, where he has been effective both as a threat to pass or run. Hill entered only his 7th year in the league in 2023 at the age of 33 years old. The Saints now list his weight at 221 pounds.
Hills total Offensive Stats to date in the following categories are 2337 passing yards, 2013 rushing yards, 607 receiving yards. He has thrown 11 TD passes, rushed for 26 TDs, and has 10 receiving TDs (12 including the playoffs). He has accounted for a Total of 49 Touchdowns so far in his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Taysom Hill has played as a gunner on kickoff coverage, an up back protector on the punting team unit, a kickoff returner, and as a punt returner. In his career to this point he has made 14 special team tackles, he has recovered a fumble on special teams, he has completed a pass on a fake punt for a 1st down, he has rushed for a 1st down on a fake punt, he has blocked 2 punts, he has fielded 1 punt, and he has returned 18 kickoffs for 429 yards with a 23.8 yard average per return.
Hills 23.8 yard average per kickoff return ranks 15th in franchise history (minimum of 15 returns). His career average ranks higher than the following Saints players in this order: Mel Gray, Chad Morton, Wayne Wilson, Wes Chandler, Rich Mauti, Tommy Lee Lewis, Howard Stevens, Rashid Shaheed, Eric Martin, Mike Bell, Aaron Steckler, Gene Atkins, AL Dodd, Fred McAfee, Qadry Ismail, Dalton Hilliard, Rueben Mayes, Gill Fenerty, Troy Davis, Ken Borrough, Lance Moore, Vaughn Dunbar, Tony Galbreath, and Willie Snead.
RUSHING
Taysom Hill has 2013 career rushing yards to date on 366 carries for an average of 5.5 yards per carry. Hills 2013 career rushing yards ranks 15th all time in Saints franchise history. He only needs another 77 yards to move up 2 spots to 12th place, passing Archie Manning, and Reggie Bush. He has averaged approximately 400 yards rushing the past 3 years and next year he could move into 10th place all time, passing up Wayne Wilson, Mario Bates, and Tony Galbreath.
Hills 26 rushing TDs ranks 8th all time in Saints franchise history. With another 3 rushing TDs Hill would move into 5th place all time with the Saints, passing up Tony Galbreath, Chuck Muncie, and Pierre Thomas.
Hill has averaged 5.5 yards per carry thus far in his career, after 90 games as a Saint. Saints franchise all-time career leaders (minimum of 250 attempts) are #1 Archie Manning 5.8, #2 Taysom Hill 5.5, #3 Hokie Gajan 5.4, #4 Chris Ivory 5.1, #5 Mark Ingram - Pierre Thomas - Alvin Kamara - Latavius Murray 4.5, #9 Deuce McAllister - Chuck Muncie - George Rogers 4.3
Outside of the top 10 are Craig "Iron Head" Heyward 4.2, Rueben Mayes 4.1, Aaron Brooks 4.1 Reggie Bush 4.0, Mike Strahan 4.0, Aaron Stecker 4.0, Tony Galbreath 3.8, Mario Bates 3.8, Ricky Williams 3.8, and Dalton Hilliard 3.7
Taysom Hill averages getting a 1st down on 36.9% of his rushing attempts.
Taysom Hill has a career average rushing per attempt of 5.5 yards. The highest career average of an NFL running back in NFL history is 5.4 yards per carry by Jamaal Charles. No RB has averaged over 5 yards per carry at the age of 30 years old or older in a single year much less their career. Only Taysom Hill at 5.5 and Steve Young at 5.5 have done so. Hill has defied father time so far in his career. In 2020 at the age of 30 he averaged 5.2 yards per carry, in 2021 at the age of 31 he averaged 5.3 yards per carry, in 2022 at the age of 32 he averaged 5.9 yards per carry, and so far in 2023 at the age of 33, he is averaging 5.2 yards per carry.
RECEIVING
Taysom Hill has 63 receptions for 607 yards for an average of 9.63 yards per reception. His 74.1% catch rate ranks 10th (minimum 60 receptions) All-Time and his 10 regular season career TDs ranks 38th All-Time in Saints Franchise History.
Hill has 2 TD Receptions in Playoff Games.
PASSING
Taysom Hill has completed 190 out of 293 passes for 2337 yards so far in his Career, with a 64.8% Completion Rate, averaging 8.0 yards per attempt. He has thrown 11 TD passes, 8 interceptions, with a 90.5 QB Rating.
36.9% of Tayson Hills completions have resulted in 1st Downs.
He won the 1st game he started at QB.
Taysom Hill has thrown for 2334 yards thus far, ranking 16th on the all-time franchise list. With another 33 yards he will move into 15th place all-time passing up Richard Todd.
Hill has started 9 games at QB in his career for the Saints and has a 7 win, 2 loss Record as a Starter. He has the 2nd Highest Win Percentage as a Starting QB in Saints Franchise History at 78%, behind Teddy Bridgewater at 83.3%.
Taysom Hill ranks 5th in Career Passer Rating at 90.5, behind Jameis Winston 92.7, Andy Dalton 95.2, Teddy Bridgewater 96.1, and Drew Brees 101.5, in New Orleans Saints Franchise History (minimum of 50 pass attempts).
Taysom Hills Completion Percentage Ranks 5th out of all Saints players who attempted at least 65 passes. Drew Brees ranks 1st at 68.8%, Teddy Bridgewater 2nd at 67.1%, Andy Dalton 3rd at 66.7%, Derek Carr 4th at 65.5%, Taysom Hill 5th at 64.8%, Jameis Winston 6th at 61%, Jim Everett 7th at 61%, Jeff Blake 8th at 60.7%, Bobby Hebert 9th at 58.5%, and Jake Delhomme 10th at 58.1%.
The Top Ranked players in Saints Franchise History in Passing Yards Per Attempt are: #1. Taysom Hill at 8.0, #2. Drew Brees at 7.8, #3. Andy Dalton at 7.6, #4.- #5. Jake Delhomme and John Fourcade at 7.4, #6. Jameis Winston at 7.3, #7. Billy Joe Toliver at 7.2, #8. Bobby Hebert at 7.1, #9.- #10. Teddy Bridgewater and Aaron Brooks at 6.9, #11. Richard Todd, #12. - #15 Jim Everett, Jeff Blake, Dave Wilson, and Billy Kilmer at 6.8, #16. Derek Carr at 6.7 (minimum of 75 passing attempts).
It has been discussed by many on this site with the majority concluding that Taysom Hill is NOT an NFL QB. Not one of starting caliber, not a 2nd string QB that you can win with long term should the starter get injured and be unavailable to play for an extended number of games, but only as a 3rd stringer, someone to fill in for spot duty for a limited amount of time. Just a gadget player. A role player.
I disagree with that so I'm in the minority of members here on this site. I don't believe that there are 32 starting QBs in the NFL today that are better than Hill and certainly not 64 (including 2nd stringers) that would give a team a better chance of winning. Career numbers including a passer rating of 90.5, a 64.8% completion rate, 8.0 yards per pass attempt, and a 78% winning rate as a starting QB, combined with a career rushing average of 5.5 yards per carry add up to winning football in the NFL.
Saints Franchise Records Held By Taysom Hill
1. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints Career All-Time Franchise Record In Passing For Most Yards Per Attempt At 8.0.
2. Taysom Hill Set A Saints Single Season Franchise Record In 2019; The Most Single Season TDs (7) Without A Turnover By A QB.
3. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All Time Franchise Record For The Most Receiving TDs (6) In A Single Season (2019) By A QB.
4. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Most Regular Season Receiving TDs (10) In A Career By A QB.
5. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Most Receiving TDs in The Playoffs (2) In A Career By A QB.
6. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Most Receptions By A QB In A Single Season With 20 (so far) In 2023.
7. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Career Receptions By A QB With 63.
8. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Season By A QB At 86.4% (Minimum 5 Receptions)
9. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Career By A QB At 74.1% (Minimum 10 Receptions).
10. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In Playoff Games In A Career By A QB.
11. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Career Of All TEs At 74.1% (Minimum 60 Receptions).
12. Taysom Hill Is The Only Player in Saints Franchise History to Average Over 5 Yards Per Rushing Attempt After The Age Of 30.
13. Taysom Hill Is The Only Player In Saints Franchise History To Ever Record 10 Or More TD Passes, 10 Or More TDs Rushing, and 10 Or More TDs Receiving In A Career.
14. Taysom Hill Is The Only Player In Saints Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 25 TDs Rushing, Scored At Least 10 TDs Receiving, And Thrown At Least 10 TD Passes In A Career.
15. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In Saints Franchise History To Have Blocked At Least 2 Punts In A Career.
16. Taysom Hill Is The Only Saints Player In Franchise History To Have At Least 2,000 Yards Passing, To Have At Least 2,000 Yards Rushing, And Have At Least 600 Yards Receiving In A Career.
17. Taysom Hill Is The Only Saints Player In Franchise History To Have Led The Team Is Rushing During A Game While Also Scoring A TD Receiving And Throwing For A TD In The Same Game.
18. Taysom Hill And Alvin Kamara Are The Only Two Saints Players In Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 25 TDs Rushing And Scored At Least 10 TDs Receiving In A Career.
19. Taysom Hill (2023), Lamar Smith (1998), And Dalton Hilliard (1985), Are The Only Players In Saints Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 1 TD Receiving And Have Thrown For At Least 1 TD In The Same Game.
20. Taysom Hill after 9 games in the 2023 Season is Tied with Michael Thomas For 18th Place In Scoring In Saints Franchise History (12th not including kickers).
NFL Records Held By Taysom Hill
1. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In NFL History Ever To Have Scored 2 Touchdowns Receiving In The Playoffs In A Career.
2. Taysom Hill Set A NFL Single Season Record In 2019; The Most Single Season TDs (7) Without A Turnover By A QB.
3. Taysom Hill Holds The NFL Record For The Most Receiving TDs (6) In A Single Season (2019) By A QB.
4. Taysom Hill Holds The NFL Record For Most Receiving TDs (10) In The Regular Season In A Career By A QB.
5. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In NFL History To Have Blocked 2 Punts In A Career.
6. To This Point, Taysom Hill Has Averaged 5.5 Yards Per Rushing Attempt At The Age Of 30 Or Older, Tied With Steve Young For The Highest Of Any Player In NFL History.
7. Taysom Hill Is Only The 5th Player In NFL History To Record 10 Or More TD Passes, 10 Or More TDs Rushing, and 10 Or More TDs Receiving, Joining Frank Gifford, Red Grange, Charley Trippi, And Jimmy Conzelman, All Of Them NFL Hall Of Fame Inducted Players.
8. Taysom Hill Joined Frank Gifford as The Only 2 Players In NFL History To Have Scored At Least 25 TDs Rushing, 10 Or More TDs Receiving, And Have Thrown For At Least 10 TDs In Their Career. Taysom Hill Is The First Player To Do So In Over 65 Years And The Only Player To Do So Since The NFL Merger.
9. Taysom Hill Is Only The 6th Player Since The Year 2000 To Have Led His Team In Rushing In A Game While Also Scoring At Least One TD Receiving And Also Throwing At Least One TD In The Same Game.
10. Taysom Hill Is Only The 4th Player In NFL History Have 2.000 Yards Or More Passing, 2,000 Yards Or More Rushing, And 600 Yards Or More Receiving In A Career. The Others are Charley Trippi (NFL 1947-1955, 1952 & 1953 Pro Bowls, HOF 1968), Robert "Bob" Hoernschemeyer (All-America Football Conference / AAFC 1946-1950, NFL 1950-1955, The Professional Football Researchers Association named Hoernschemeyer to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2008), Kordell "Slash" Stewart (NFL 1995-2005, 2001 Pro Bowl and AFC Offensive Player of The Year).
RECORD WATCH
The 1,000/1,000/1,000 Club
Charley Trippi is the Only player in NFL History to have at least 1,000 Yards Passing, at least 1,000 Yards Rushing, and at least 1,000 Yards Receiving. Taysom Hill has over 1,000 Yards in Both Passing and Rushing. He has 607 yards to date and needs 393 more yards receiving to become only the 2nd player in NFL History to be a member of the 1,000/1,000/1,000 Club.
LAGNIAPPE
Taysom Hill has been active to play in 90 games so far in his career. The Saints have won 60 and lost 30 of those games, a Winning Percentage of 67%, just under 7 out of 10 games that Hill has suited up for.
Taysom Hill was named Offensive Player Of The Week in week 5 of the 2022 season against the Seahawks, the Saints won 39-32.
Taysom Hill was named Special Teams Player Of The Week in Week 14 of the 2018 season against the Bucs, the Saints won 28-14.
When Taysom Hill gets 8 touches or more in a game the Saints have Won 90% of those games.
When Taysom Hill rushes for 40 yards or more in a game the Saints are 17-1 in his career.
When Taysom Hill rushes 7 or more times in a game the Saints are 18-1 in his career.
Since the beginning of the 2022 season (the last 26 games) the Saints are 9-0 when Taysom Hill rushes for 40 yards or more in a game. Of the games he hasn't rushed for 40 yards or more during that span, the Saints record is just 3-14.
Through the first 9 games of the 2023 Season Taysom Hill has the longest run from scrimmage, 20 yards.
Taysom Hill is 2nd in Saints Franchise History with 4 runs of 40 yards or more. Only Alvin Kamara with 5 has had more.
When Taysom Hill rushes on 3rd and 1 and/or 4th and 1 he gets the 1st down or touchdown 78% of the time, 7% higher than the league average on such plays.
Taysom Hill Leads the Team in Touchdowns Scored From Scrimmage so far through 9 games in 2023 with 4.
Taysom Hill is Tied with Rashid Shaheed after 9 games for the Team lead in Total Touchdowns Scored in 2023 with 4. This does not include TDs throwing.
Taysom Hill is One of Only 9 QBs to Have a Winning Record as a Saints Starter and He Has The 2nd Highest Winning Percentage In Saints Franchise History.
Taysom Hill has the Highest Rating of all QBs in the NFL 2023 Season after 9 games with a QB Rating Of 156.2. In 2022 his QB Rating was 146.3, the Highest in the NFL of all QBs.
After Joining The Exclusive 10/10/10 Member Club In Week 9 Of The 2023 Season The NFL Hall of Fame Requested That Taysom Hill And The New Orleans Saints Send Some Of Hills Equipment To Canton, Including His Cleats, Helmet, And Jersey.
Taysom Hill has the nickname "The Human Swiss Army Knife", referencing his ability as a football player to play an assortment of positions effectively. His college nickname was "The Mormon Missile". Hills Saints teammates say he plays like a "Bully".
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PERSONAL AND EARLY YEARS
Taysom Hill is the youngest of four children. He was named after Taysom Construction Company, formerly located in his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. At Highland High School he lettered in Football, Basketball, and Track. As a Senior he was named All-Idaho Player of The Year, Idaho Gatorade High School Player of The Year, First Team All-State selection, and All-Region and All-Conference Player of The Year Accolades in Football. In Track he competed in the 200 Meters and the Long Jump. As a Sophomore in 2007 he recorded a personal best time of 22.5 seconds in the 200 Meters. As a Senior, he won the Long Jump event at the 2009 5A Regional Meet, with a mark of 6.85 Meters ( 22 feet, 5 11/16 inches). He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and served as a missionary for the church in Sydney, Australia from 2009 until 2011. Originally committed to play for then Head Coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, after returning from his LDS church mission Taysom enrolled at BYU as a Freshman in 2012. During his College career at BYU, Taysom had 4 Season Ending Injuries, including a Knee Injury, a Fractured Leg, a Lisfranc Fracture, and a Hyper-Extended elbow. He was granted a medical redshirt and therefore was allowed to play 5 years of College Football. For his final season in 2016, Hill changed his jersey number from 4 to 7 to honor his late older brother, Dexter, who passed away in the spring of that year. He married his wife Emily in 2014 and they currently have two children.
PROFESSIONAL
Taysom Hill was signed by the Green Bay Packers as a 27 year old rookie undrafted free agent QB out of BYU in 2017. Hill was not invited to attend the NFL combine due to his age and oft injured college career. At his Pro Day at BYU Hill measured in at 6' 2" tall and weighed in at 230 pounds. He ran a 4.44 forty-yard dash, blistering for a man of his build. The Packers waived him on the final cut down and the New Orleans Saints claimed him off of waivers and added him to the practice squad. Hill was promoted to the active roster later that year on December 3rd, 2017. He only appeared in games that year on special teams. Hill has since played multiple positions on special teams as listed below. On offense he has played every position except offensive lineman. He has lined up as QB, FB, RB, TE, and WR. As a WR and as a TE he has lined up in the slot, out wide, in tight, and has been put in motion prior to the snap. He has been used as a blocker and not only is he willing but he has been effective doing so. He has been used as a Wildcat QB. He has started as a traditional QB as well, where he has been effective both as a threat to pass or run. Hill entered only his 7th year in the league in 2023 at the age of 33 years old. The Saints now list his weight at 221 pounds.
Hills total Offensive Stats to date in the following categories are 2337 passing yards, 2013 rushing yards, 607 receiving yards. He has thrown 11 TD passes, rushed for 26 TDs, and has 10 receiving TDs (12 including the playoffs). He has accounted for a Total of 49 Touchdowns so far in his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Taysom Hill has played as a gunner on kickoff coverage, an up back protector on the punting team unit, a kickoff returner, and as a punt returner. In his career to this point he has made 14 special team tackles, he has recovered a fumble on special teams, he has completed a pass on a fake punt for a 1st down, he has rushed for a 1st down on a fake punt, he has blocked 2 punts, he has fielded 1 punt, and he has returned 18 kickoffs for 429 yards with a 23.8 yard average per return.
Hills 23.8 yard average per kickoff return ranks 15th in franchise history (minimum of 15 returns). His career average ranks higher than the following Saints players in this order: Mel Gray, Chad Morton, Wayne Wilson, Wes Chandler, Rich Mauti, Tommy Lee Lewis, Howard Stevens, Rashid Shaheed, Eric Martin, Mike Bell, Aaron Steckler, Gene Atkins, AL Dodd, Fred McAfee, Qadry Ismail, Dalton Hilliard, Rueben Mayes, Gill Fenerty, Troy Davis, Ken Borrough, Lance Moore, Vaughn Dunbar, Tony Galbreath, and Willie Snead.
RUSHING
Taysom Hill has 2013 career rushing yards to date on 366 carries for an average of 5.5 yards per carry. Hills 2013 career rushing yards ranks 15th all time in Saints franchise history. He only needs another 77 yards to move up 2 spots to 12th place, passing Archie Manning, and Reggie Bush. He has averaged approximately 400 yards rushing the past 3 years and next year he could move into 10th place all time, passing up Wayne Wilson, Mario Bates, and Tony Galbreath.
Hills 26 rushing TDs ranks 8th all time in Saints franchise history. With another 3 rushing TDs Hill would move into 5th place all time with the Saints, passing up Tony Galbreath, Chuck Muncie, and Pierre Thomas.
Hill has averaged 5.5 yards per carry thus far in his career, after 90 games as a Saint. Saints franchise all-time career leaders (minimum of 250 attempts) are #1 Archie Manning 5.8, #2 Taysom Hill 5.5, #3 Hokie Gajan 5.4, #4 Chris Ivory 5.1, #5 Mark Ingram - Pierre Thomas - Alvin Kamara - Latavius Murray 4.5, #9 Deuce McAllister - Chuck Muncie - George Rogers 4.3
Outside of the top 10 are Craig "Iron Head" Heyward 4.2, Rueben Mayes 4.1, Aaron Brooks 4.1 Reggie Bush 4.0, Mike Strahan 4.0, Aaron Stecker 4.0, Tony Galbreath 3.8, Mario Bates 3.8, Ricky Williams 3.8, and Dalton Hilliard 3.7
Taysom Hill averages getting a 1st down on 36.9% of his rushing attempts.
Taysom Hill has a career average rushing per attempt of 5.5 yards. The highest career average of an NFL running back in NFL history is 5.4 yards per carry by Jamaal Charles. No RB has averaged over 5 yards per carry at the age of 30 years old or older in a single year much less their career. Only Taysom Hill at 5.5 and Steve Young at 5.5 have done so. Hill has defied father time so far in his career. In 2020 at the age of 30 he averaged 5.2 yards per carry, in 2021 at the age of 31 he averaged 5.3 yards per carry, in 2022 at the age of 32 he averaged 5.9 yards per carry, and so far in 2023 at the age of 33, he is averaging 5.2 yards per carry.
RECEIVING
Taysom Hill has 63 receptions for 607 yards for an average of 9.63 yards per reception. His 74.1% catch rate ranks 10th (minimum 60 receptions) All-Time and his 10 regular season career TDs ranks 38th All-Time in Saints Franchise History.
Hill has 2 TD Receptions in Playoff Games.
PASSING
Taysom Hill has completed 190 out of 293 passes for 2337 yards so far in his Career, with a 64.8% Completion Rate, averaging 8.0 yards per attempt. He has thrown 11 TD passes, 8 interceptions, with a 90.5 QB Rating.
36.9% of Tayson Hills completions have resulted in 1st Downs.
He won the 1st game he started at QB.
Taysom Hill has thrown for 2334 yards thus far, ranking 16th on the all-time franchise list. With another 33 yards he will move into 15th place all-time passing up Richard Todd.
Hill has started 9 games at QB in his career for the Saints and has a 7 win, 2 loss Record as a Starter. He has the 2nd Highest Win Percentage as a Starting QB in Saints Franchise History at 78%, behind Teddy Bridgewater at 83.3%.
Taysom Hill ranks 5th in Career Passer Rating at 90.5, behind Jameis Winston 92.7, Andy Dalton 95.2, Teddy Bridgewater 96.1, and Drew Brees 101.5, in New Orleans Saints Franchise History (minimum of 50 pass attempts).
Taysom Hills Completion Percentage Ranks 5th out of all Saints players who attempted at least 65 passes. Drew Brees ranks 1st at 68.8%, Teddy Bridgewater 2nd at 67.1%, Andy Dalton 3rd at 66.7%, Derek Carr 4th at 65.5%, Taysom Hill 5th at 64.8%, Jameis Winston 6th at 61%, Jim Everett 7th at 61%, Jeff Blake 8th at 60.7%, Bobby Hebert 9th at 58.5%, and Jake Delhomme 10th at 58.1%.
The Top Ranked players in Saints Franchise History in Passing Yards Per Attempt are: #1. Taysom Hill at 8.0, #2. Drew Brees at 7.8, #3. Andy Dalton at 7.6, #4.- #5. Jake Delhomme and John Fourcade at 7.4, #6. Jameis Winston at 7.3, #7. Billy Joe Toliver at 7.2, #8. Bobby Hebert at 7.1, #9.- #10. Teddy Bridgewater and Aaron Brooks at 6.9, #11. Richard Todd, #12. - #15 Jim Everett, Jeff Blake, Dave Wilson, and Billy Kilmer at 6.8, #16. Derek Carr at 6.7 (minimum of 75 passing attempts).
It has been discussed by many on this site with the majority concluding that Taysom Hill is NOT an NFL QB. Not one of starting caliber, not a 2nd string QB that you can win with long term should the starter get injured and be unavailable to play for an extended number of games, but only as a 3rd stringer, someone to fill in for spot duty for a limited amount of time. Just a gadget player. A role player.
I disagree with that so I'm in the minority of members here on this site. I don't believe that there are 32 starting QBs in the NFL today that are better than Hill and certainly not 64 (including 2nd stringers) that would give a team a better chance of winning. Career numbers including a passer rating of 90.5, a 64.8% completion rate, 8.0 yards per pass attempt, and a 78% winning rate as a starting QB, combined with a career rushing average of 5.5 yards per carry add up to winning football in the NFL.
Saints Franchise Records Held By Taysom Hill
1. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints Career All-Time Franchise Record In Passing For Most Yards Per Attempt At 8.0.
2. Taysom Hill Set A Saints Single Season Franchise Record In 2019; The Most Single Season TDs (7) Without A Turnover By A QB.
3. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All Time Franchise Record For The Most Receiving TDs (6) In A Single Season (2019) By A QB.
4. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Most Regular Season Receiving TDs (10) In A Career By A QB.
5. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Most Receiving TDs in The Playoffs (2) In A Career By A QB.
6. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Most Receptions By A QB In A Single Season With 20 (so far) In 2023.
7. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Career Receptions By A QB With 63.
8. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Season By A QB At 86.4% (Minimum 5 Receptions)
9. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Career By A QB At 74.1% (Minimum 10 Receptions).
10. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In Playoff Games In A Career By A QB.
11. Taysom Hill Holds The Saints All-Time Franchise Record For Receiving Completion Percentage In A Career Of All TEs At 74.1% (Minimum 60 Receptions).
12. Taysom Hill Is The Only Player in Saints Franchise History to Average Over 5 Yards Per Rushing Attempt After The Age Of 30.
13. Taysom Hill Is The Only Player In Saints Franchise History To Ever Record 10 Or More TD Passes, 10 Or More TDs Rushing, and 10 Or More TDs Receiving In A Career.
14. Taysom Hill Is The Only Player In Saints Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 25 TDs Rushing, Scored At Least 10 TDs Receiving, And Thrown At Least 10 TD Passes In A Career.
15. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In Saints Franchise History To Have Blocked At Least 2 Punts In A Career.
16. Taysom Hill Is The Only Saints Player In Franchise History To Have At Least 2,000 Yards Passing, To Have At Least 2,000 Yards Rushing, And Have At Least 600 Yards Receiving In A Career.
17. Taysom Hill Is The Only Saints Player In Franchise History To Have Led The Team Is Rushing During A Game While Also Scoring A TD Receiving And Throwing For A TD In The Same Game.
18. Taysom Hill And Alvin Kamara Are The Only Two Saints Players In Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 25 TDs Rushing And Scored At Least 10 TDs Receiving In A Career.
19. Taysom Hill (2023), Lamar Smith (1998), And Dalton Hilliard (1985), Are The Only Players In Saints Franchise History To Have Scored At Least 1 TD Receiving And Have Thrown For At Least 1 TD In The Same Game.
20. Taysom Hill after 9 games in the 2023 Season is Tied with Michael Thomas For 18th Place In Scoring In Saints Franchise History (12th not including kickers).
NFL Records Held By Taysom Hill
1. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In NFL History Ever To Have Scored 2 Touchdowns Receiving In The Playoffs In A Career.
2. Taysom Hill Set A NFL Single Season Record In 2019; The Most Single Season TDs (7) Without A Turnover By A QB.
3. Taysom Hill Holds The NFL Record For The Most Receiving TDs (6) In A Single Season (2019) By A QB.
4. Taysom Hill Holds The NFL Record For Most Receiving TDs (10) In The Regular Season In A Career By A QB.
5. Taysom Hill Is The Only QB In NFL History To Have Blocked 2 Punts In A Career.
6. To This Point, Taysom Hill Has Averaged 5.5 Yards Per Rushing Attempt At The Age Of 30 Or Older, Tied With Steve Young For The Highest Of Any Player In NFL History.
7. Taysom Hill Is Only The 5th Player In NFL History To Record 10 Or More TD Passes, 10 Or More TDs Rushing, and 10 Or More TDs Receiving, Joining Frank Gifford, Red Grange, Charley Trippi, And Jimmy Conzelman, All Of Them NFL Hall Of Fame Inducted Players.
8. Taysom Hill Joined Frank Gifford as The Only 2 Players In NFL History To Have Scored At Least 25 TDs Rushing, 10 Or More TDs Receiving, And Have Thrown For At Least 10 TDs In Their Career. Taysom Hill Is The First Player To Do So In Over 65 Years And The Only Player To Do So Since The NFL Merger.
9. Taysom Hill Is Only The 6th Player Since The Year 2000 To Have Led His Team In Rushing In A Game While Also Scoring At Least One TD Receiving And Also Throwing At Least One TD In The Same Game.
10. Taysom Hill Is Only The 4th Player In NFL History Have 2.000 Yards Or More Passing, 2,000 Yards Or More Rushing, And 600 Yards Or More Receiving In A Career. The Others are Charley Trippi (NFL 1947-1955, 1952 & 1953 Pro Bowls, HOF 1968), Robert "Bob" Hoernschemeyer (All-America Football Conference / AAFC 1946-1950, NFL 1950-1955, The Professional Football Researchers Association named Hoernschemeyer to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2008), Kordell "Slash" Stewart (NFL 1995-2005, 2001 Pro Bowl and AFC Offensive Player of The Year).
RECORD WATCH
The 1,000/1,000/1,000 Club
Charley Trippi is the Only player in NFL History to have at least 1,000 Yards Passing, at least 1,000 Yards Rushing, and at least 1,000 Yards Receiving. Taysom Hill has over 1,000 Yards in Both Passing and Rushing. He has 607 yards to date and needs 393 more yards receiving to become only the 2nd player in NFL History to be a member of the 1,000/1,000/1,000 Club.
LAGNIAPPE
Taysom Hill has been active to play in 90 games so far in his career. The Saints have won 60 and lost 30 of those games, a Winning Percentage of 67%, just under 7 out of 10 games that Hill has suited up for.
Taysom Hill was named Offensive Player Of The Week in week 5 of the 2022 season against the Seahawks, the Saints won 39-32.
Taysom Hill was named Special Teams Player Of The Week in Week 14 of the 2018 season against the Bucs, the Saints won 28-14.
When Taysom Hill gets 8 touches or more in a game the Saints have Won 90% of those games.
When Taysom Hill rushes for 40 yards or more in a game the Saints are 17-1 in his career.
When Taysom Hill rushes 7 or more times in a game the Saints are 18-1 in his career.
Since the beginning of the 2022 season (the last 26 games) the Saints are 9-0 when Taysom Hill rushes for 40 yards or more in a game. Of the games he hasn't rushed for 40 yards or more during that span, the Saints record is just 3-14.
Through the first 9 games of the 2023 Season Taysom Hill has the longest run from scrimmage, 20 yards.
Taysom Hill is 2nd in Saints Franchise History with 4 runs of 40 yards or more. Only Alvin Kamara with 5 has had more.
When Taysom Hill rushes on 3rd and 1 and/or 4th and 1 he gets the 1st down or touchdown 78% of the time, 7% higher than the league average on such plays.
Taysom Hill Leads the Team in Touchdowns Scored From Scrimmage so far through 9 games in 2023 with 4.
Taysom Hill is Tied with Rashid Shaheed after 9 games for the Team lead in Total Touchdowns Scored in 2023 with 4. This does not include TDs throwing.
Taysom Hill is One of Only 9 QBs to Have a Winning Record as a Saints Starter and He Has The 2nd Highest Winning Percentage In Saints Franchise History.
Taysom Hill has the Highest Rating of all QBs in the NFL 2023 Season after 9 games with a QB Rating Of 156.2. In 2022 his QB Rating was 146.3, the Highest in the NFL of all QBs.
After Joining The Exclusive 10/10/10 Member Club In Week 9 Of The 2023 Season The NFL Hall of Fame Requested That Taysom Hill And The New Orleans Saints Send Some Of Hills Equipment To Canton, Including His Cleats, Helmet, And Jersey.
Taysom Hill has the nickname "The Human Swiss Army Knife", referencing his ability as a football player to play an assortment of positions effectively. His college nickname was "The Mormon Missile". Hills Saints teammates say he plays like a "Bully".
Soon There Will Be More To Come! The Legend Is Still In The Making!
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